Fifth Cohort Application Deadline:

16/02/2025 23:59

Fifth Cohort Application Deadline: 16/02/2025 23:59

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Digital Mental Healthcare for Cancer Patients Scheme (Hollo)

Launching a digital disease companion app which provides digital therapy; mental health AI-tracking; credible health information; and social resources for cancer patients from the low-Income.

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Other beneficiary group

Service Types:

Health & Wellbeing

Social Problem

The pre-existing taboo of discussing mental health leads to an elevated rate of cancer patients exhibiting higher rates of depression and anxiety
Common mental disorders have historically been difficult to diagnose in cancer patients due to the overlap in symptoms.
Psychological services in Hong Kong are unable to meet the needs of the public

Social Innovation

Building a patient-center product with a blended design approach, considering clinical, user-centric, and software agile frameworks during the product development stage for patients with multi-morbid backgrounds

Expected Social Impact

Developing 1 digital disease companion app
Engaging 180 Premium users (general cancer patients/ patients from low-income families with the fee waived)
Engaging 360 Freemium users (cancer patients from low-income families)
Organizing 5 in-person workshops for cancer patients

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